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BLACKROCK ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

Private markets for advisors

Seek new possibilities for your portfolios.


Product innovation within the past several years has allowed more investors the ability to allocate to solutions ranging from private equity to private credit.


Explore BlackRock's alternative investments and private market offerings.

Why private markets?

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    Growth isn’t slowing down

    Private markets have grown exponentially over the past 20 years and are projected to raise an average of $1.3 trillion in assets annually through the end of the decade.1

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    Access the full opportunity set

    Private markets may complement your portfolio by potentially providing diversification and access to differentiated return drivers.2

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    Why BlackRock?

    Our expertise over 20+ years in private equity and private credit combined with our global scale make BlackRock a industry leader in private markets.3

Private markets in your portfolios

Consider the right type of private markets solutions for your clients across risk profiles. Our portfolio evaluator tool has NEW private markets benchmarks to help you analyze the impact of adding the asset classes and BlackRock’s alternatives to existing portfolios.
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*Diversification does not assure a profit and may not protect against loss of principal.

Source: BlackRock, as of 12/31/2025. This information is not intended as a recommendation to invest in any particular asset class or strategy or as a promise — or even estimate — of future performance.

Advisors. The most successful ones know that to deliver the very best for their clients, they need to stay one step ahead. Or several.

They have to be agile… but consistent… while evolving to meet client demand today, and championing investment and business solutions that will attract the clients of tomorrow.

So you probably already know all about the opportunities and risks surrounding stocks and bonds…and feel that finding consistent returns and potential real yield is tougher than ever.

Volatility, inflation, geopolitical risk - all of it is putting the traditional 60/40 portfolio under pressure.

Which means advisors need to allocate differently to continue delivering for clients.

But what about private markets?

Over the last 30 years, private markets have become more and more essential to pay attention to.

As the number of publicly listed U.S. companies has shrunk, the number of private companies grew. A lot.

Private markets, like private equity and private credit, can help investors pursue higher returns and income over public stocks and bonds.

But …. many investors have been shut out of accessing private investments due to high minimums, suitability requirements, and high fees, but now, that’s changed.

Now… for accredited investors that can tolerate the risk…private markets are easier to access than ever before.

1099 tax reporting, low minimums, quarterly liquidity - these are just some of the features open to investors through accredited investment vehicles.

And best of all, with BlackRock you have a dedicated partner to navigate the world of private markets with.

Together we can help you build better portfolios and become an even more successful future-thinking advisor for your clients.

Find out more by signing into Advisor Center on BlackRock.com.

Private markets unleashed

Learn why private markets may be critical to your clients' long-term goals.

Our potential solutions

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Private credit

Credit portfolios are evolving. Consider incorporating private credit into your traditional fixed income allocation as access is democratized.

The private credit advantage

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Opportunity

The opportunity in this space continues to grow as banks have pulled back in lending, non-bank lenders have stepped in to fill the void with private credit.4
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Potential structural protections

Private credit uses privately negotiated terms and covenants. Our direct lending focuses on senior-secured loans, which are first to be repaid in the event of default.

Prior to December 1, 2025, the Fund's name was BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund. In addition, there were material changes to the Fund's portfolio managers and its investment strategy. For further information please refer to the prospectus for Fund changes. The Fund has filed a final prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BlackRock is not making any recommendation or soliciting any action based upon the information contained herein. This information is furnished to you with the express understanding that it does not constitute: (i) an offer, solicitation or recommendation to invest in a particular investment in any jurisdiction; (ii) a means by which any such investment may be offered or sold; or (iii) advice or an expression of BlackRock’s view as to whether a particular investment is appropriate for you and meets your financial objectives.

Private equity

Private equity has historically provided strong performance and we believe that private equity investors may potentially capture opportunities rising in today's markets.5

 

Access market insights, trends, and opportunities in private equity with up to date resources and more.

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For illustrative purposes only. Past performance is not a guarantee or a reliable indicator of future results. Indexes are unmanaged, and one cannot invest directly in an index. Source: Burgiss. Private Equity represented by the Burgiss Private Equity Manager Universe for the period 6/30/2024 to 9/30/2004 (latest available data). Burgiss data reflects quarterly time weighted returns. Burgiss data is sourced from limited partners of these private funds and calculates results net of fees and carried interest, providing results that are updated and published on a quarterly basis. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index. Private market data often relies on self-reporting by managers. Therefore, there may be survivorship bias given that fund managers have discretion to report, or to discontinue reporting for various reasons (e.g. due to liquidation), and therefore private market data may reflect a bias towards funds with track records of success. This information is furnished to you with the express understanding that it does not constitute: (i) an offer, solicitation or recommendation to invest in a particular investment in any jurisdiction; (ii) a means by which any such investment may be offered or sold; or (iii) advice or an expression of BlackRock’s view as to whether a particular investment is appropriate for you and meets your financial objectives. 

The Burgiss Private Equity Manager Universe (BMU), Private equity represented by the Burgiss Private Equity Manager Universe (BMU) which contains 7,606private equity funds (vintages 1978-2023) as of June 2023 with 6/30/23 performance data (most recent performance data available). All vintages were included. All private equity sub-strategies in the BMU were included e.g., Equity Generalist, Equity Venture Capital Generalist, Equity Venture Capital Late Stage, Equity Expansion Capital, Equity Buyout, Equity Venture Capital Early Stage and Unknown as well as Equity Unknown. The BMU reflects quarterly time-weighted returns. The BMU is sourced from quarterly unaudited and annual audited financial statements that private investment fund managers produce for their fund investors. Therefore, there may be survivorship bias given that fund managers have discretion to report, or to discontinue reporting for various reasons (e.g. due to liquidation) and therefore may reflect a bias towards funds with track records of success. To protect the confidentiality of individual funds and their underlying portfolio investments, the published benchmark statistics reports contain only aggregate information. Therefore, the BMU is not transparent and cannot be independently verified given that it does not identify the funds included by name. Private investments in the BMU are typically illiquid. Additionally, any updates to historical data to this data universe, which can include adding a fund and its performance history to the database (“backfills”) and/or updating past information for an existing fund due to late-arriving, updated, or refined information, would be reflected when that group is published for the next performance. The Burgiss Private I Universe Analytics tool recalculates the data each time a new fund is added, therefore the historical performance of the data is not fixed, cannot be replicated, and will differ over time from the data presented in this communication.

The private equity advantage

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Access a growing opportunity set

The opportunity set in public markets is shrinking, while private companies play an increasingly prominent role in economic growth.6
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A long-term focus

A focus on multi-year strategic planning for potential operational improvement versus quarterly earnings reports may benefit investors without a high need for liquidity.
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BlackRock edge

The scale of BlackRock’s $52.3B global private equity business means exceptional deal sourcing and selection.7

Strategies and outlooks

With potential for growth in returns, private markets may play an important role in your clients’ portfolios.

Explore up to date insights, commentaries, and outlooks from the BlackRock alternative investments team.
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2026 Private Markets Outlook

We discuss the past year for each asset class and explore opportunities, the current risks, and some of the shifts that make this a unique time for private markets investors.
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Global Credit Weekly

Hear from BlackRock’s strategists, industry professionals, and thought leaders on global credit insights weekly.